<< First, I want to acknowledge Bob's statement that he is not Bill Dembski,
and
should not be expected to defend ID in detail. So I don't expect him to
reply to this. >>

Allan,

Thanks. I appreciate your forbearance.

For those of you who may be interested there is a quick and easy access to a
summary of Dembski's views in the introduction to his book, soon to be
published (No Free Lunch) at <www.idurc.org> Scroll down to the last right
hand quarter of the screen, where you will find 6. Introduction to No Free
Lunch. At least a brief look at his ideas would be helpful if any of you
haven't already read some ID stuff first hand. The intro might not give you
an exact answer to your questions, Allan, but it would show you how Dembski
would go about addressing it.